Chapter 51 The food is really good

Wang Jianye first made pork stewed with cabbage and vermicelli.

This dish takes a long time to prepare, so you have to make it first and set it aside so that it can still be hot while the other dishes are ready.

Then Wang Jianye prepared the stewed soybeans and radish, put it aside, and then made the next dish, braised potatoes.

After that, Wang Jianye made three more dishes: spicy and sour potato shreds, leek and dried tofu, and vinegar cabbage.

Wang Jianye is now able to cook many dishes to the level of a top chef, so his basic skills have been improved to a very high level.

I can basically cook some simple home-cooked dishes with ease and very well.

After the six dishes were served, Wang Jianye put the steamed cornbread made by Qin Huairu into the steamer.

Wang Jianye took off his apron and sat down at the dining table.

These dishes all look very nice.

It was the first time for several people to see Wang Jianye cooking. Just by looking at the appearance of the dishes, they knew that they would be delicious.

Yan Fugui had already picked up his chopsticks and was waiting. After Yi Zhonghai said to try it, he immediately picked up a piece of pork that he had been eyeing and put it into his mouth.

Jia Zhang was not willing to be left behind and picked up the meat from the dishes to eat.

Yi Zhonghai took a bite of the spicy and sour potato shreds and his eyes lit up: "Great, Jianye, I feel like this dish is almost as good as Lao He's."

The Old He he was referring to was He Daqing.

Let’s not talk about He Daqing’s character, but his craftsmanship is really good.

Yi Zhonghai had eaten the food cooked by He Daqing before, and it was so delicious.

Now when he eats the dishes cooked by Wang Jianye, Yi Zhonghai feels that they are not much worse than those cooked by He Daqing.

This gave him a surprise.

He originally thought that Wang Jianye was just an ordinary chef in Fengze Garden, but he didn't expect that Wang Jianye's level was far beyond that of an ordinary chef.

"Dongxu, what do you think?"

Yi Zhonghai asked.

Jia Dongxu nodded and had to admit that the dish was really delicious.

"How about you, sister-in-law?"

Yi Zhonghai looked at Jia Zhang who was eating and drinking quietly.

Jia Zhang also approved of the dish and said it was really delicious.

"In that case, let Wang Jianye take charge of tomorrow's banquet. Is that a problem?"

Yi Zhonghai made a decision for the Jia family.

Jia Dongxu had no objection. He had never had his own opinion anyway, so any way was fine.

Qin Huairu had no idea at all, because the dish was so delicious. She had never eaten such delicious food in her life.

Is Wang Jianye really just an apprentice at Fengzeyuan?

The level of the apprentices in Fengze Garden is so high, so how high will the level of other chefs in Fengze Garden be?

Qin Huairu couldn't imagine it.

Yan Fugui kept eating. After being glanced at by Yi Zhonghai, he slowed down a little, squinted his eyes and smiled: "Jianye, your dishes are really good. When my Jie Cheng and Jie Fang's boys get married, I will invite you to prepare a feast for our family."

"Of course not. After Lao He left, the best cook in our courtyard is Wang Jianye. Who else can we invite if not him?"

Yi Zhonghai smiled.

Wang Jianye didn't say anything. It would take several years before the children of the Yan family got married.

By that time, Wang Jianye would definitely be the chef of Fengze Garden, and he would have many apprentices, so he could just let his apprentices do the cooking.

After all, Wang Jianye had traveled here for less than a week, and his level had already reached this level. If he was given more time, his level would definitely rise a lot further, and there would be no bottleneck at all.

The steamed steamed bread in the pot was ready. Qin Huairu stood up, took the steamed bread out of the pot, put it on a plate, and then brought it to the table.

People in the old city always feel hungry if they only eat vegetables without staple food.

Several people took a freshly steamed steamed bun made of two pieces of flour.

The so-called two-meal steamed bread refers to corn flour with another kind of flour added to it, which can be white flour, sorghum flour, or mung bean flour.

If it is a three-in-one steamed bread, then two other kinds of flour are added to corn flour.

You can also add wild vegetables to the steamed bread.

"If we want to set up five tables in the yard this time, each table will have six dishes, which will require thirty plates in total. I think the plates you have prepared at home are not enough."

Wang Jianye remembered it while chewing on a steamed bun.

Yi Zhonghai had thought about this a long time ago. "I'll bring all the plates from my house, and Old Yan will bring all the plates from his house. If they're still not enough, I'll go to Sha Zhu's house to find plates. We can borrow from each other. There should be enough plates."

Wang Jianye nodded. As long as the plates could be used, it would be fine. Otherwise, if he had prepared the dishes but had no plates, how could he serve the dishes?
"I'll have to find a few people to help me with the banquet tomorrow and prepare it in advance, just like I did with the dishes just now. If you all come to help, the dishes can be cooked faster."

Yi Zhonghai had already thought about Wang Jianye's considerations in advance: "When the time comes, I will ask my sister-in-law, Old Yan's family, my family, and Old Liu's family to help you together. I will go and tell them after dinner."

"At tomorrow's banquet, Zhang is the mother-in-law. She has to greet the guests, so how can she be busy in the kitchen?"

Yan Fugui put forward his own views.

"Yes, this is not suitable."

Jia Zhang said hurriedly.

She was too lazy to work in the kitchen and help Wang Jianye.

She was too lazy to cook for her own family at home, let alone for outsiders.

Yi Zhonghai thought it made sense, "In that case, I'll ask who's free and make arrangements."

Yan Fugui suddenly remembered: "Did you buy red paper, ink and other things today?"

"I've bought all these. Should I bring them back to you later? Or should I write them here?"

Yi Zhonghai asked.

Yan Fugui narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I'll take the red paper and ink back home and write, and then cut a few more wedding characters. Don't make your room too messy, you'll have to clean it up later."

What he said made sense, but what he was thinking in his heart was, if the red paper could be taken back to his home, then the extra part could be kept in his home, how great that would be.

Yi Zhonghai didn't know Yan Fugui could be so calculating, so he nodded indifferently: "That's fine."

Then he told Jia Dongxu: "After dinner, take all the red paper we bought today to Teacher Yan."

"Hey, okay."

Jia Dongxu answered nonchalantly.

It was as if this was not his wedding and had nothing to do with him.

"When do you plan to receive this gift money?"

Yan Fugui asked again.

He is particularly concerned about matters that require him to pay for.

Yi Zhonghai had already discussed with Jia Dongxu and the others, "After dinner, I will call all the families over. We will have a meeting to talk about Lao He's matter, and then collect the gift money."

Although Yi Zhonghai is not yet the manager of this courtyard, he has lived here for many years and he often helps needy families, helps deaf old ladies, mediates conflicts and upholds justice.

He is quite prestigious in this courtyard. Although he is not the steward yet, he is basically no different from the steward, except for the title.

(End of this chapter)